Maeve Binchy Passes Away At Age 72
Tweet“Nowadays women realize that they are dealt a hand of cards and must play it. There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan…she becomes a confident duck….”...
View ArticleFinding Truth Through Fiction
Tweet“I risked everything to get you out of there,” she said, her voice taut with love, and fear for my safety. “Now, you are going back.” ~ Vaddey Ratner Cambodian Author Vaddey Ratner was five years...
View ArticleGore Vidal Dies at 86
Tweet“There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.” ~ Gore Vidal American author Gore Vidal passed away on July 31st at his home from complications of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Roald Dahl
TweetToday is what would have been the 96th birthday of children’s author Roald Dahl. While all of his books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda are all worth the read, we’ve...
View ArticleIndie Publishers Celebrated on Booker Prize Shortlist
TweetThe shortlist of nominees for this year’s Booker Prize consists of several new authors, independent publishers and a past winner. This year’s shortlisted novels were chosen more for their writing...
View ArticleReading Rainbow Moves to the World of Apps
TweetLeVar Burton has announced that his children’s educational show, Reading Rainbow, originally aired on PBS, has been turned into an App. The original show, which reads children’s books aloud and...
View ArticleElmore Leonard Wins Award
TweetElmore Leonard, celebrated crime novelist, is this year’s winner of The National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Past winners include Wolfe, Mailer, and...
View ArticleNewsletter: September 28, 2012
Tweet Company News Linda was invited to the immensely popular and constructive Algonquin, New York Pitch Conference, on Friday, September 21st by its founder, the dynamic Michael Neff. She attended...
View Article2012′s Largest Book Publishers
TweetWe heard that Pearson UK Publishing increased its sales and took the number one position amongst world wide publishers. Most major publishing companies’ sales decreased, and many only increased...
View ArticleGoogle Play Makes History with First Ever Digital Book Signing
TweetWe were happy to be a part of the first ever digital book signing in Google Play’s, Live Hangout featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner and author Toni Morrison. This was created in honor of Black...
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